Mikes weather bits & Photo Blog: Fish from the sky & Frustrated Squirrel !

Tuesday, 3 June 2014

Fish from the sky & Frustrated Squirrel !

Interesting video of villagers in the Chilaw coastal district in Sri Lanka picking up fish which have rained down from the sky. The usual explanation of "tornado" seems to be the culprit but it must be quite unusual to see

If you google "fish from the sky" and look at the "images" tucked away amongst the pics is this one where the fish look rather large as people dash for cover - - - no idea where it was though - - -

A heat wave in China

with temperatures exceeding 40c has caused at least a couple of deaths and some devastating forest fires.

This pic shows a large fire in Weihei forest park a coastal area in Shandong province. - - -

Another weather related item here a Solar Aircraft

Solar Impulse2 has the wingspan of a Jumbo Jet but weighs just as much as a car.
The idea is to fly it around the world in 2015. Great idea but the question has to be asked, Why? We know the technology works the only thing that's going to make it fail is the weather. When its been around the world what would be the next step in the design trail? - - - One of the boffins says. Its "showing the incredible potential of clean technologies", but don't we know that already? - - -

Closer to home.
The raids on our peanut bird feeder by the jackdaws and local squirrels meant we were filling it up everyday! So yesterday i bought a new one with slightly tighter mesh. The jackdaws gave up quite early because they couldn't get the nuts out through the smaller holes